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Psy/116 Week 1 Assignment
Christopher Vega
Counseling 116
Professor Coffman
April 26, 2013
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I have a very small group of people that I go to for advice because I usually try to figure things out on my own. One person I would always go to for advice was my high school counselor, Mr. Menchaca. He was the one who helped me figure out I want to go into a career that helps people and he was the one who helped me with what classes to take I in order to get to where I want to be. I still don’t know anyone who is in that field but I am trying to find someone who is that will help guide me to be a paramedic with knowledge and experience that they have had to obtain in order to be where they are. Once I make that friend I think everything will be much easier for me to accomplish because they can tell me what exactly they did to become a paramedic and help me out with how the interview works and so forth.
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The reason I want a degree under the career I want is because the more knowledge I have related to my career the better chance I have to actually getting in that career. The entry level I would like to be in is an EMT (emergency medical technician). I will have to respond to medical calls and compose medical and activity reports. I still have yet to have met someone who is currently doing what I would like to do. It is something I want to do very soon and hopefully become friends so that he/she may give me an insight on how everything works and what happens on a daily
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